Workshop
West African Djembe*
N’famady Kouyaté
Gweithdy
Djembe Gorllewin Affrica*
N’famady Kouyaté
Sunday May 4 • 11:45—12:45
Level: All • *djembes provided
Dydd Sul Mai 4 • 11:45—12:45
Lefel: pawb • *bydd djembes yn cael ei ddarparu
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N'famady Kouyaté is Artistic Director of The Successors of the Mandingue and an energetic master musician from Guinea, West Africa. Malinké in origin, he was born into a griot/djeli family; where the djeli have hereditary responsibility for preserving traditional Mandingue culture through the sharing of ancient rhythms, songs, and stories. As an infant N’famady was taught to play balafon (a traditional natural wooden xylophone played by both his mother and father) and went on to djembe and drumming in the ballet groups of Conakry (Guinea’s capital). He later joined various theatre and orchestral groups for festival tours across Africa. N'famady is now resident in Cardiff, Wales and has been working on a number of solo and collaborative musical projects, as well as leading participatory music workshops.
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Mae N'famady Kouyaté yn Gyfarwyddwr Artistig The Successors of the Mandingue ac yn feistr gerdd egnïol o Gini, Gorllewin Affrica. Malinké yn wreiddiol, cafodd ei eni i deulu griot/djeli (beirdd Gorllewin Affrica); lle mae gan y djeli gyfrifoldeb etifeddol am warchod diwylliant traddodiadol y Mandingue trwy rannu rhythmau, caneuon a straeon hynafol. Yn faban dysgwyd N’famady i chwarae balafon (seiloffon pren naturiol traddodiadol a chwaraeir gan ei fam a’i dad) ac aeth ymlaen i chwarae djembe a drymio yng ngrwpiau 'ballet' Conakry (prifddinas Guinea). Yn ddiweddarach ymunodd a grwpiau theatr a cherddorfaol amrywiol ar gyfer teithiau ledled Affrica. Mae N'famady bellach yn byw yng Nghaerdydd, Cymru ac wedi bod yn gweithio ar nifer o brosiectau cerddorol unigol a chydweithredol, yn ogystal ag arwain gweithdai cerddoriaeth gyfranogol.